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arcula

arcula, a small box, casket

arcŭla, ae, f. dim. [arca], a small chest or box, a casket, etc.
  • I For unguents, ornaments, etc.
    • A A small perfume-box, a jewel-casket, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 91 (247): arculae muliebres, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25.—Hence, trop. of rhetor. ornament: omnes (Isocratis) discipulorum arculae, Cic. Att. 2, 1.—
    • B A small money-box or casket: arcula plena aranearum, Afran. ap. Fest. s. v. tanne, p. 154 (cf. Cat. 13, 8: Plenus sacculus est aranearum). —
  • II The wind-box of an organ, Vitr. 10, 13.—
  • III Arcula dicebatur avis, quae in auspiciis vetabat aliquid fieri, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll.

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